millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 222 | Tuesday, 15 August 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS KOVIND FOR PEOPLE-GOVT INDIA BEAT SL BY PARTNERSHIP FOR INDIA’S AN INNINGS AND GROWTH WITH COMPASSION 171 RUNS; CLINCH AND HUMANISM PG5 SERIES 3-0 PG14 GST Council flooded with 7 NORTH BENGAL DISTRICTS CUT OFF FROM REST OF COUNTRY All Bengal schools requests to tweak rates MPOST BUREAU Mamata concerned over celebrating I-Day as NEW DELHI: From helmets to granite slabs, hybrid cars to namkeen, the GST Council is per their choice: CM flooded with requests for tweaking tax rates on a variety of commodities. OUR CORRESPONDENT instructed its schools to desist The Council, the highest policy making body N Bengal flood situation from following the Centre’s on Goods and Services Tax (GST), has received KOLKATA: In the backdrop circular. requests for changes in tax rates on as many as OUR CORRESPONDENT Murshidabad were flowing well of reports that the state gov- The CM will be attending 133 different products from an array of stake- above the danger mark as district ernment has ordered schools the Independence Day parade holders, official sources said. KOLKATA: Chief Minister officials said that nearly three lakh to ignore a central government at Red Road on Tuesday. The India moved to a GST regime on July 1 after Mamata Banerjee on Monday people were marooned in these two circular and follow their usual programme is going to com- the Council fixed over 1,200 products in four tax expressed concern about the flood districts. mode of celebrating Indepen- mence at around 9.58 am. slabs of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent. situation across the country and Life in Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar dence Day, West Bengal Chief Banerjee will be handing However, some are not happy with the brack- tweeted that her government was and the plains in Darjeeling dis- Minister Mamata Banerjee out Chief Minister’s Police ets and have sought changes, sources said. monitoring the situation round the trict continued to be affected with on Monday reacted strongly Medal for Outstanding service These include slashing GST on IT products clock for relief and rescue opera- rivers Kaljani and Teesta overflow- describing it as a misrepresen- and Chief Minister’s Police to 12 per cent from 18 per cent as it provides tions. Seven districts in North Ben- ing. The situation got worse after tation of facts. Medal for Commendable ser- huge employment to skilled persons. On IT gal were cut off from the rest of the water was released from the Til- “Some BJP-cornered media vice to police officers at the hardware, a tax cut from 28 per cent to 18 per state as roads and railway tracks para barrage. misrepresenting facts. Don’t programme. cent has been sought. got inundated following heavy rain. Eastern Railway officials are mislead. In Bengal each one She will also be given a GST on helmets has been demanded from “We are concerned about the still in the dark when services has the full freedom to cele- Guard of Honour by person- 18 per cent to 5 per cent, on textiles to nil from flood situation across the country. File Photo would resume. “The tracks will be brate 70 years of our freedom,” nel of the Kolkata Police, the 5 per cent, on tractors to 5 per cent from 12 per Earlier floods had affected south Kamrup Express, Sealdah-New The North Bengal Surface inspected once the water recedes. she tweeted. West Bengal Police and the cent and on granite slabs to 18 per cent from 28 Bengal. Now, north Bengal is also Cooch Behar Uttarbanga Express, Transport Corporation (NBSTC) After that we will be able to say “All schools in #Bengal ARE state Fire and Emergency Ser- per cent currently. affected. We are monitoring the Sealdah-Alipurduar Kanchankanya cancelled all its buses bound for whether trains can be run safely,” celebrating #Independence vices Department. situation 24X7 for relief and rescue Express, Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, North Dina- said an Eastern Railway official. Day as per their choice. In Tableaus of different operations,” Banerjee tweeted. Darjeeling Mail, Sealdah-New Ali- jpur, South Dinajpur, Malda and The NF Railway further declared their own special way,” Baner- departments will also be part All the trains originating from purduar Padatik Express and Kol- Murshidabad districts “ It is impos- that Howrah-New Jalpaiguri jee wrote on her Twitter handle. of the Independence parade at In today’s Howrah, Sealdah and Kolkata sta- kata-Radhikapur Express. sible to ply buses beyond Birbhum Shatabdi Express, Kolkata-Haldi- Ahead of Independence Red Road. tions were cancelled as the Kishan- “Tracks are under water at district as this may endanger the bari Intercity Express, Howrah-Bal- Day, the Centre had written The tableaus will showcase paper ganj railway station remained in several places in Katihar and Ali- lives of passengers. Parts of National urghat Express, Kolkata – Balurghat to the states to organise events successful schemes of each more than waist deep water even on purduar divisions of the North- Highway 34 that connects Kolkata Express and Sealdah-Guwahati in schools towards creating a department and some benefi- ... Monday. Similarly, trains from New east Frontier Railway in Bihar and with Dalkhola remained inundated. Kanchanjunga Express will also “patriotic mood” and a “mass ciaries of the projects will also Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar bound Bengal. Tracks were damaged at Bus services between Falakata and remain suspended on Tuesday. Kol- fervour” to help realise Prime be taking part in the parade. CITY for the city were also suspended. as many as 12 locations. Seven of Alipurduar were suspended after a kata-Jogbani Express leaving Kol- Minister Narendra Modi’s Meanwhile, on the eve of FAKE DOCTOR HELD IN NEW TOWN 4 The trains cancelled included How- these were repaired and services culvert on the road that connects kata station on Monday at 8.55 pm “New India” vision. 71st Independence Day, Gove- rah-Guwahati Saraighat Express, restored,” said Pranav Jyoti Sharma, these towns collapsed,” an NBSTC will be short terminated at Simraha Union HRD Minis- nor Keshari Nath Tripathi NATION Sealdah-New Alipurduar Teesta chief public relations officer, North official said. and remain cancelled between Sim- ter Prakash Javadekar had expressed his warm greetings Torsa Express, Howrah-Dibrugarh Frontier Railway. Rivers in Cooch Behar and raha and Jogbani. alleged that West Bengal had to the people of West Bengal. PIL ON STRIKES: SC SEEKS REPLY 5 EDIT Death toll mounts in Gorakhpur AAGC CAN CHECKMATE OBOR 8 Aamby Valley auction process starts at `37k cr reserve price INTERNATIONAL hospital, NHRC seeks report MUMBAI: A Supreme Court ordered chartered city”, the liquidator said the for the integrated hill city township spread 18 KILLED IN BURKINA FASO 10 auction process began on Monday for property includes timber chalets, modern over 6,761.6 acres near Lonavala in Pune MPOST BUREAU detailed report in four weeks embattled Sahara group’s luxurious Aamby villas, golf course, hospital, school and air- district, as also two land parcels measur- BUSINESS on the steps taken for relief Valley resort town with the official liqui- port, among other amenities. ing over 1,700 acres. NEW DELHI: Six new cases and rehabilitation of the dator inviting bids at a reserve price of Rs The official liquidator of the Bombay Sahara group has earlier pegged the RISE IN RETAIL, WHOLESALE INFLATION 13 of encephalitis deaths were affected families as well as 37,392 crore. High Court published an auction notice market valuation of this project at over Rs SPORT reported from the paediatric the action taken against the Describing it as an “ultra-exclusive on Monday inviting prospective bidders 1 lakh crore. MPOST ward of BRD Medical College guilty officers, the NHRC said RONALDO BANNED FOR FIVE GAMES 14 Hospital here since Saturday, on Monday. amid fresh blame game after 60 children Resident doctors of the AIIMS on died in the state-run hospital over the Monday condemned the sacking of Dr past one week. Kafeel Khan of Gorakhpur- based BRD millenniumpost The NHRC has sent a notice to the Medical College Hospital, alleging that Best wishes on 71st Uttar Pradesh government over deaths he had been made a “scapegoat” in the We wish our readers a Happy of several children at a state-run hospi- tragic incident in which 30 children had tal in Gorakhpur, while observing that died within a span of 48 hours. Independence Day it amounted to “gross callousness” on Khan, who was the nodal officer Independence Day part of the health administration of the at the state-run hospital’s paediatric state government. department, had been hailed as a hero THERE WILL BE NO EDITION The National Human Rights Com- after he reportedly bought oxygen cyl- ON AUGUST 16, 2017 mission (NHRC) has sent the notice to inders with his own money during the UP Chief Secretary, and sought a the crisis. ‘Lookout Notice’ against Karti to stay, says SC MPOST BUREAU NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Madras High Court order that had put on hold the look out circular issued by the Centre against Karti Chidambaram, son of former minister P Chi- dambaram, and others in connection with an alleged cor- ruption case. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and D Y Chandrachud also issued notice to Karti Chidambaram and others on an appeal filed by the Centre challenging the high court’s order staying the look out circular. The bench, during the hear- ing, repeatedly observed that Karti had not joined the inves- tigation in the case and, more- over, he has not sought grant of anticipatory bail in the matter.